New book shows rooms by Tom Scheerer

Tom Scheerer wanted every room - even the kitchen - in this house located in the Bahamas to feel open to the outdoors. FRANCESCO LAGNESE, COURTESY OF VENDOME

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The guest bedroom in this house, located in the Bahamas, is decorated with pink and white Indian print fabric. The bentwood chair was painted white to pop out from the dark walls. FRANCESCO LAGNESE, COURTESY OF VENDOME

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In this Brooklyn Heights apartment bedroom, Scheerer had the client's grandmother's dresser painted and decoupaged with photocopies of the fabric used elsewhere in the room. FRANCESCO LAGNESE, COURTESY OF VENDOME

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The new book, "Tom Scheerer Decorates" (Vendome, $55), is filled with photos of simply decorated rooms using natural materials and colors. FRANCESCO LAGNESE, COURTESY OF VENDOME

Tom Scheerer wanted every room - even the kitchen - in this house located in the Bahamas to feel open to the outdoors. FRANCESCO LAGNESE, COURTESY OF VENDOME

If the sight of a simple but tastefully decorated room makes you happy, then consider buying the book “Tom Scheerer Decorates” by Mimi Read with photos by Francesco Lagnese (Vendome, $55) as a mood changer.

Scheerer was raised in Connecticut and lived in several houses growing up, including a large family beach home in East Hampton. He graduated from the Cooper Union with an architecture degree and began designing interiors soon after. His style is an alluring mix of midcentury and classic, with an emphasis on clean and airy – his beach home background comes through.

“Live life now, rather than after a torturous renovation,” advises Scheerer, and the easy, comfortable style reflected in this book demonstrates how it's done. The high quality photos show rooms in city apartments, tropical retreats and rustic country homes – all using simple, natural materials and colors.

Almost like a travel book, “Tom Scheerer Decorates” carries the reader off to clean, thoughtfully designed spaces. It also makes a great gift – if you let it out of your hands.

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